Vocabulary Quiz 2-Rutman

acquisitive is

• to want nothing

• having a collection

• eager to own and collect things

• to desire everything

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Excoriation is

• a skin abrasion.

• a type of stunt.

• a collection.

• a place to hang out.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Encomium is

• a story to scare someone

• a speech making fun

• a diatribe

• a speech of praise

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Belabour means

• the desire to own things.

• to explain something more than necessary.

• to discuss a subject.

• overwhelming sadness.

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Carping means

• the act of drawing a conclusion.

• the act of incessant complaining about important matters.

• the act of discussing important matters.

• the act of complaining all the time about matters that are not important.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

When something congeals it

• changes from a liquid or soft state to a thick or solid state.

• to come together.

• to pull apart.

• many parts to the whole.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Eschew means

• to hold on to something or someone.

• to give something up.

• to get something from someone.

• to avoid something intentionally.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

Insatiable means

• appetite, desire, hunger.

• a desire to great to be satisfied.

• moderate wants.

• things coming from a liquid state to a more solid form.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Invidious means

• unfair practices in a conflict.

• an insatiable desire.

• a set of negative rules.

• likely to cause unhappiness often because something is unfair.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Inestimable is

• priceless
• expensive
• worthless
• valuable

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5D

CCSS.L.2.5B

CCSS.L.3.5C

CCSS.L.K.5D